The pair had a stormy five-year relationship and it emerged Fadi had slept in his car on Christmas Eve.

In March 2017 senior coroner Darren Salter said George died of natural causes and had dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver. No time of death was ever set out by police or the coroner.

The results of a post mortem were never made public at the request of the family.